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Review of Monolam

Monolam

Khana Bierbood

Stereo Sanctity

Rating: ★★★★

Monolam means unique, although the blend that Khana Bierbood present on their second album is a cross between Thailand and...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: December/2024

Review of Yashlik

Yashlik

Yashlik

Maqom Soul

Rating: ★★★

In the 1960s, the Kazakhstan Soviet Socialist Republic tightly controlled cultural expression. As these restrictions began to ease, folk ensembles...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Dreamless Days

Dreamless Days

The Meadows

Pokey Cupboard Records

Rating: ★★

The Meadows are a family band of four siblings: sisters Melody, Fantasia and Titania Meadows, and their brother, Harvey. Harvey...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2021

Review of Shapes of the Fall

Shapes of the Fall

Piers Faccini

Top of the World

Nø Førmat!/Beating Drum

Rating: ★★★★

Close to two decades ago painter, poet and musical polymath, Piers Faccini, released his solo debut on Label Bleu. Since...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021

Review of Tonkori in the Moonlight

Tonkori in the Moonlight

OKI

Mais Um

Rating: ★★★★

This writer interviewed OKI, the famed Ainu musician and producer from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, for this magazine some...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2022

Review of Way of the Drum

Way of the Drum

Mugenkyo Taiko

Kyo Discs

Rating: ★★★★

Mugenkyo Taiko (Limitless Reverberation) are one of the longest running taiko groups in the UK, whose interdisciplinary approach has led...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2019

Review of From the Devil’s Punchbowl

From the Devil’s Punchbowl

Aaron O’Hagan & Luke Ward

Top of the World

Aaron O'Hagan & Luke Ward

Rating: ★★★★★

Fresh evidence of a new generation from north of the border adding its own distinctive stamp on Irish traditional music...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2022

Review of Hurry the Jug

Hurry the Jug

Leonard Barry, Declan Folan & Shane McGowan

Barry Folan & McGowan

Rating: ★★★★

Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan's long comradeship in countless live sessions pays crisp, spryly accented dividends aplenty in...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2020

Review of The Corner House Set

The Corner House Set

Aidan Coffey

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

Inspired by one of Cork's finest live music pubs, The Corner House Set finds accordionist Aidan Coffey clearly enjoying himself...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Bride of the Zar

Bride of the Zar

Rango

Top of the World

30IPS HOR1821

Rating: ★★★★

Rango is the name of a wooden xylophone and of a tradition that stretches back to Sudanese tribal culture, to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2010

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